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Further it is trading $-0.49 or -3.72% away its 200-day moving average of $13.19. Over the last six months, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.'s stock has been 3.93% and -6.21% for the year. On last trading day Noble Corp plc (NYSE:NE) traded 8.16 Million shares and was closed at 6.08. Blue Harbour Group L.P. owns 10.76 million shares or 4.78% of their USA portfolio. (more...)

Pfizer added that Medivation also has a promising pipeline of cancer drugs in late-stage clinical development, including the potential breast cancer treatment talazoparib and a lymphoma drug. The US Food and Drug Administration approved Xtandi for advanced metastatic prostate cancer in 2012. Pfizer's biggest growth driver is a new breast cancer drug called Ibrance. (more...)

The Australian dollar was a last trading at $0.7614, from $0.7628 early, having recovered from a two-week low of $0.7584 touched on Monday. Investors turned even more neutral on Treasuries in the week ended August 22, with both long and short positions declining, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. (more...)

Paramilitary troops detained MQM leaders and sealed its offices, extending a crackdown that began in 2013 as security forces sought to restore order in a city that generates nearly half of Pakistan's revenue. The protesters accused the media of failing to cover a hunger strike protesting the recent arrest of party members. Hussain is known for his fiery addresses to his supporters in Karachi though a loudspeaker connected to a telephone in his London home. (more...)

In 2016, because of the rationing of care, the increased bureaucratic morass and additional mandates, and the outrageous costs, half of the insurers exited the marketplace, leaving two insurers, and Oklahomans with an average 31 percent increase over the previous year. (more...)

Medivation shares jumped almost 20 percent to close at US$80.42, just shy of Pfizer's offer price, following the acquisition announcement. The $81.50 a share price represents an about 118 percent premium, compared to Medivation's price on March 30, the day before Medivation was said to have hired advisers to defend against a takeover. (more...)

While Fiona spins towards its inevitable destruction, Tropical Storm Gaston has formed and is expected to become a hurricane. The center said in its update that environmental conditions are somewhat conducive for development over the next few days while it moves west-northwestward at 15 to 20 miles per hour. (more...)

While views expressed by various Fed officials over the past week have impacted the dollar, a wait-and-see mood has begun to take hold ahead of possibly the most decisive speech of them all - by Fed Chair Yellen on Friday. At midday, the Dow Jones industrial average was 30 points, or 0.2% higher and the S&P 500 was up 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 12.5 points, or 0.26 percent, on volume of 20,353 contracts. (more...)

Stoke were coming off a 1-1 draw at Premier League newcomers Middlesbrough last weekend. Chile global Bravo (33), was twice beaten by Real Betis in the Catalan club's 6-2 LaLiga victory at the Nou Camp on Saturday evening, and, speaking afterwards, technical secretary Robert Fernandez - quoted on Barcelona's official Twitter account - said: "We have the beginning of an agreement with Manchester City for Claudio Bravo". (more...)

Bill Gates' net worth of $90 billion dollars is truly in a mind boggling league of its own. But these periods have always been brief; he has always returned to the title of World's Wealthiest Man. Even more shocking is dips of a few billion dollars that correct themselves after less than a year. He has also championed several causes, including clean water and eradicating malaria in areas like Africa. (more...)

THE singer will develop a series based on the neighborhood popularly known as America's " Black Wall Street ". Legend now serves as an executive producer on the hit WGN America series " Underground ". Owning businesses and employing many whites in the segregated state, the Greenwood area of Tulsa was a haven for black professionals and raised capital for its own entrepreneurs and ventures. (more...)

State climatologist Barry Keim says tropical storm Gaston is not a threat to the coastal USA at this time and Fiona in the mid-Atlantic is fizzling out, but another disturbance, called Invest 99 is worth keeping an eye on. Tropical wave still has medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone next 48 hrs & 5 days. That is a reason why this storm has not been named and remains as an area under investigation. (more...)

Similar to the Mobile Share Value plans, users will still get features such as unlimited talk and text and the ability to rollover unused high-speed data into the next month. The catch is, that like T-Mobile, Sprint will "optimize" certain types of data, such as video, gaming, and music. Sprint's plan does the same, but isn't offering the option of paying extra for higher quality streaming, it seems. (more...)

He brought on stage eight mothers whose children were killed by illegal immigrants. Trump has long called for quicker removal of illegal immigrants who become violent. "The first thing we're going to do if and when I win is we're going to get rid of all of the bad ones", Trump said. Some of those attending the event, however, liked that Trump might be offering a more expansive view on immigration. (more...)

Encouragement came from France, where surprisingly upbeat PMI figures showed the private sector growing at its fastest in 10 months, and from Britain, where export orders hit a 2-year high to confound Brexit doom-mongering. The greenback has been see-sawing as divergent views from Fed officials keep markets guessing about the timing of a possible rate hike by the U.S. central bank. (more...)

Reliance Industries, has asked its 40,000 or more workers to quit using connections of existing leaders, as Airtel and Vodafone, and rather change to its own fast 4G Jio. The ongoing battle between existing telecom operators and impending entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm has intensified. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio lashed out at COAI , of which it is a member, for acting "maliciously" as "mouthpiece" of certain dominant incumbent operators having vested interests against the company. (more...)

European equities were 0.5 per cent higher led by mining and banking stocks after data that pointed to a gradual improvement in the region's economy. Surprisingly upbeat French PMI figures showed the private sector growing at its fastest in 10 months, while in Britain export orders hit a 2-year high to confound Brexit doom-mongering. (more...)

In the words of his lawsuit, as The Fashion Law reports, "Behind its facade of attainable elegance, Zara is engaged in a widespread practice of deceiving American consumers through a classic bait and switch". "When Mr. Rose pressed this issue, the customer service representative asked him what price he felt he should have paid for each item, nearly as if the representative was attempting to negotiate with him", the suit says. (more...)

The market breadth was skewed in favour of the bears with 813 declines, 616 advances and 83 stocks remaining unchanged on the NSE . Initially on Monday, the key equity indices opened on a flat note with a slightly negative bias following cues from negative Asian markets. (more...)

Speaker did not suspend Opposition leader Shankersinh Vaghela and senior legislator Mohansinh Rathwa as they remained seated during the ruckus, but later they too walked out protesting the action against their party colleagues. The party workers reportedly barged into the secretariat complex that also houses the assembly leading to a clash with police. Responding to this, Jadeja said Thangadh incident report was under consideration, and added that government has formed a Special ... (more...)